Exposure to environmental urban noise pollution in Birmingham, UK

Urban Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 2581-2600

  Brainard, Julii S ^a   Jones, Andrew P ^a   Bateman, Ian J ^a   Lovett, Andrew A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUITY; NOISE POLLUTION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; URBAN POLLUTION;

BIRMINGHAM [ENGLAND]; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 11044229966     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0042098042000294574     Document Type: Article

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